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Pakistan fail to secure Tokyo Olympics hockey berth after loss to Netherlands

Netherlands beat Pakistan 6-1 in the second qualifier and 10-5 on aggregate to crush their hopes of making it to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Reported by: IANS Amsterdam Published : Oct 28, 2019 13:55 IST, Updated : Oct 28, 2019 13:55 IST
Pakistan fail to secure Tokyo Olympics hockey berth after
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Pakistan fail to secure Tokyo Olympics hockey berth after loss to Netherlands

Three-time champions Pakistan have failed to secure a berth for next year's Olympic Games in the men's hockey event after registering a crushing 1-6 defeat against Netherlands in the second qualifier.

Netherlands, who were held to a surprise 4-4 draw on Saturday, bounced back strongly and came out with a devastating display of attacking hockey on Sunday to triumph 10-5 on aggregate.

The Dutch raced to a 4-0 lead at half time with Mink van der Weerden scoring twice and Bjorn Kellerman and Mirco Pruijser both firing home glorious backhand efforts.

In the third quarter, Terrance Pieters and Jip Janssen scored in the space of four minutes to effectively end the contest altogether.

However, Rizwan Ali scored a consolatory goal for Pakistan in the 53rd minute.

"It is a bad day, we have missed out on the Olympics," The Dawn quoted Pakistan's Rashid Mehmood as saying.

"We couldn't make it (happen) in the second game. The Dutch team defended very well in the game today and we didn't start very well, we made a lot of mistakes. In the first half they took advantage of that. We couldn't match their pace in the first half."

Pakistan won golds in the 1960, 1968 and 1984 editions of the Olympic Games but since then, their performance has deteriorated immensely. They last clinched a medal at the 1992 Games in Barcelona where they won the bronze.

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